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South Ward: Omar
In 2011, I started off selling $1 bottles of oil for women and men and I came up with this gimmick, something concerning hygiene, something universal. I thought of the slogan “smell good, look good” and started putting that in people’s ear. It worked. The first day, I sold 700 bottles.
The South Ward has been my home base since 2015. It’s residential, it’s a...